Course Curriculum

Week 1: Introduction to Web Development

1. What is web development?
2. Introduction to the course and the MERN Stack.
3. Setting up development environment (code editor, browser developer tools)

Week 2-3: HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

1. Understanding the structure of HTML
2. HTML tags, elements, and attributes.
3. Creating forms and input elements.
4. Semantic HTML for better accessibility

Week 4-5: CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

1. Introduction to CSS and its role in web development.
2. Selectors, properties, and values.
3. Working with CSS for layout and design.
4. Responsive Web Design Principles

Week 6-7: Bootstrap

1. Introduction to Bootstrap and its grid system.
2. Building responsive web pages with Bootstrap.
3. Styling and components provided by Bootstrap.
4. Customizing Bootstrap for unique designs

Week 8-9: JavaScript

1. Introduction to JavaScript and its role in web development.
2. Variables, data types, and operators.
3. Control structures (if statements, loops).
4. Functions and objects

Week 10-11: jQuery

1. Introduction to jQuery and its purpose.
2. Selecting and manipulating DOM elements with jQuery
   Handling events with jQuery.
3. Animation and effects

Week 12-13: MongoDB

1. Introduction to MongoDB.
2. CRUD operations with MongoDB.
3. Schema design and modeling.
4. Using the MongoDB Node.js driver

Week 14-15: Back-end development with Express.js and Node.js

1. Introduction to Node.js and Express.js.
2. Routing and Middleware in Express.js
3. Handling HTTP requests and responses
4. Building RESTful APIs
5. Error handling and validation

Week 16: Front-End Development with React.js

1. Introduction to React and the component-based architecture.
2. Creating and rendering components.
3. State and props in React.
4. React Router for navigation.
5. Managing application state with React Context or Redux

Final Project:

1. Each student works on a full-stack MERN project.
2. Project presentation and demo.
3. Code review and feedback

Assessment:

1. Weekly assignments and quizzes.
2. Midterm project.
3. Final project.
4. Evaluation and presentation